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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Lazy Blogger Blogs Lazily

I was going to write something about Matthew Yglesias's destruction of the 9-9-9 plan, but TBogg does it better:

http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2011/10/19/the-laughter-curve-2/

Basically, the appeal of 9-9-9 for the average Teatard is that it's simple.  Stupid, but simple.

The advantage for the Koch Brothers is pretty obvious if you click through the link and see the chart.

UPDATE: More lazy blogging.  Go read Charlie Pierce.  Sample: Because Ezra is a polite young fella, he poses the question politely, asking, essentially, "Is this the best the GOP can do?", rather than asking, as many of us did during the debate last night, "Is this the best you clowns can do? I wouldn't hire these guys to park my car. WTF is wrong with you people, anyway?" And the answer is, yes, this is the best the Republican party can do, anno domini 2011, because this is the Republican party that Republicans have chosen to have over the past 30 years.

Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/gop-heavyweights-6519360#ixzz1bGVimOil

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